January is the big month for photography competitions. Most of the deadlines for competitions here in the UK – and those abroad which us Brits are eligible to enter – are in January (one or two are in December).
So, in the interest of helpfulness, here are links those photographic competitions which enjoyed a late December/January deadline.<o:p></o:p>
This should come in useful for 2011. Competitions listed in date order. Where possible, new dates for 2010 are listed. Some grants deadlines are also listed.
Renaissance Photography 2010
Deadline: Jan 31, 2010
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Documentary Award
Deadline: Jan 31, 2010
Red Bull Illume
Deadline: Feb 28, 2010
XTO Image Awards
Deadline Mar 1, 2010
National Geographic 2010 Photography Grant
Deadline: Mar 1, 2010
Getty Grants for Good
Deadline: Mar 1, 2010
Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Deadline: Mar 5, 2010
London International Creative Competition
Deadline: Mar 20, 2010
International Photography Awards
Deadline: TBC
Getty Grants for Editorial Photography
Deadline: May 1, 2010
Daylight Magazine Photo Awards
Deadline: May 15, 2010
Sony World Photography Awards
Deadline: June 1, 2010
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Deadline: June 4, 2010
Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography
Deadline: June 30, 2010
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Deadline: July 18, 2010
Deadline: July 31, 2010
National Geographic's Tell Us Your Story
Deadline: July 31, 2010
Qatar Airways & Australian Travel Company Travel Photographic Competition
Deadline: Aug 31, 2010
Travel Photographer of the Year Awards
Deadline: Sept 23, 2009
Great British Life
Deadline: Sept 30, 2010
Terry O’Neill Award
Deadline: Oct 22, 2010
Scottish Nature Photography Awards
Deadline: November 30, 2010
BJP Project Assistance Awards – this award is no longer running.
Deadline: Dec 5, 2010 (though this was extended to Jan 2010)
Donkey Art Prize
Deadline December 15, 2010
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